He said that 16 political parties had fielded candidates for the election.
The tribunal led by Justice Oken Inneh had reserved judgment following the adoption of written addresses by both parties on August 13.
Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, the chairman of the three-man panel, reserved the judgment after counsels to the petitioner and respondents adopted their final written addresses.
James Oyomire, the chairman of EDSIEC, said the decision was to ensure that residents do not face unnecessary hardship during the poll.
Mr Adbu said the measure would address the myriad of challenges associated with collecting PVCs and voter accreditation.
Mr Ayade is contesting the February 25 Cross River Northern senatorial district election that Mr Jarigbe of the PDP won.
An INEC employee made this revelation while presenting 21 BVAS machines as evidence to the Kano State Governorship Election Tribunal.
The witnesses all agreed that other aspects of the election went well until it was time to upload the presidential results, and then the BVAS machines refused to work.
The witness alleged that ballot papers and result sheets were manipulated by compromised electoral officers in collusion with agents of other political parties.
Two of the documents tendered were Form EC 8E, which is the final declaration of the winner’s result and BVAS report from all 36 states and FCT.
